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Posted: 10/17/2016 10:36:45 AM EDT
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This should have been the one picked, not the YF32/35. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/YF-23_exhaust.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/fd/5e/51fd5e7e079984453fc143ee4ab782a6.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/59/cf/ad59cf8151afe7ef25a8e07832c4dcdc.jpg http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/northrop_f-23_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg It's like the SR-71 and a fighter jet had babies and that was the result. |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 10:54:26 AM EDT
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It's like the SR-71 and a fighter jet had babies and that was the result. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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This should have been the one picked, not the YF32/35. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/YF-23_exhaust.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/fd/5e/51fd5e7e079984453fc143ee4ab782a6.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/59/cf/ad59cf8151afe7ef25a8e07832c4dcdc.jpg http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/northrop_f-23_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg It's like the SR-71 and a fighter jet had babies and that was the result. Over on ATS there is speculation the 23 is in service and is the escort for the B21 Raider...... |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 11:04:43 AM EDT
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This should have been the one picked, not the YF32/35. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/YF-23_exhaust.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/fd/5e/51fd5e7e079984453fc143ee4ab782a6.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/59/cf/ad59cf8151afe7ef25a8e07832c4dcdc.jpg http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/northrop_f-23_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg My lord that is a sexy plane |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 8:13:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Over on ATS there is speculation the 23 is in service and is the escort for the B21 Raider...... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Quoted: This should have been the one picked, not the YF32/35. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/YF-23_exhaust.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/fd/5e/51fd5e7e079984453fc143ee4ab782a6.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/59/cf/ad59cf8151afe7ef25a8e07832c4dcdc.jpg http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/northrop_f-23_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg It's like the SR-71 and a fighter jet had babies and that was the result. Over on ATS there is speculation the 23 is in service and is the escort for the B21 Raider......  The F-23 was too awesome to NOT manufacture it  It was about time we had something as intimidating as the Russian fighters. Ours are too pretty, I want menacing   |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 8:29:35 PM EDT
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I highly doubt it, but I really hope it's true
The F-23 was too awesome to NOT manufacture it It was about time we had something as intimidating as the Russian fighters. Ours are too pretty, I want menacing
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This should have been the one picked, not the YF32/35. https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/YF-23_exhaust.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/51/fd/5e/51fd5e7e079984453fc143ee4ab782a6.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/ad/59/cf/ad59cf8151afe7ef25a8e07832c4dcdc.jpg http://www.aviastar.org/pictures/usa/northrop_f-23_1.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ownXJR3mK3U/Tk4R3570AiI/AAAAAAAAAMk/_-DBNUTUp64/s1600/YF-23%2Btail.jpg It's like the SR-71 and a fighter jet had babies and that was the result. Over on ATS there is speculation the 23 is in service and is the escort for the B21 Raider......
The F-23 was too awesome to NOT manufacture it It was about time we had something as intimidating as the Russian fighters. Ours are too pretty, I want menacing
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/YF-23_front.jpg Fashion over function? |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 9:06:20 PM EDT
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Posted: 10/17/2016 9:08:45 PM EDT
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If you remember the tests... that thing was even more sluggish than the 35 |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 9:16:56 PM EDT
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While I certainly appreciate a good looking aircraft, I'm a form over function guy.
That being said, that's one uuuuuuuuugly bitch! |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 9:18:52 PM EDT
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Umm, except that it had brake problems (no big deal, right?) It could not hover, and it is ass ugly. There was some set protocol, called Mission X, that was something like, take off short or vertical, go supersonic for a certain duration, then return and land vertically. I don't believe that Boing ever completed Mission X with a fully assembled aircraft, they had to keep parts off of it (maybe an intake cowling?) because they were not working right. Of the two, F-35 by a million miles. Brake problems on a DEMVAL would be a total non-issue, and wouldn't be scored negatively. |
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Posted: 10/17/2016 9:26:46 PM EDT
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X-32 as it sits in the Air Force Museum's restoration hangars at Wright Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio.
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